Leslie Nielsen

FRANKENSTEIN: The True Monster Mary Shelly’s novel titled Frankenstein is the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor Frankenstein is a man obsessed with knowledge of the unknown. He played a dangerous game with the laws of nature, and creates his own form of man. Guilty of robbing dead bodies of their parts to build his creation piece by piece he has the nerve to feel disgust at what he created. “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelly 30). This statement from Victor describes how he feels about the creature he created. His words make it seem like he thinks of his creation as gruesome, but in actuality Victor Frankenstein was the wicked one for going against god’s will. Victor’s selfishness in acting as god, his rejection of the creature, and his indirect role in the deaths of his family make him the real monster of this story. Victor is a self centered person; he cares only for the things that benefit him. He isolated himself from his family for years because he only cared for his experiments. When Justine was wrongfully accused and charged with Victor’s brother’s murder, he could have spoke up and saved her but he was more worried about himself. He was more concerned what people would think of him creating such an abomination. “My tale was not one to announce publicly; its…

Network television has always, up until recently, relied mainly on Nielsen ratings for their profits. High ratings translate into higher paying advertisers, which is how networks make their money as opposed to cable subscriptions. Therefore, it is very important that networks like NBC not lose their viewership due to online or DVR viewers. Currently, Nielsen will add DVR viewers into their equation if the audience sees the show up to seven days after it airs. Past those seven days, those…

Graham Norton, famous host of the comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show hinted that he may quit the BBC next year. The show’s been running for almost a decade and its guests were most famous actors and actresses, singers and writers of our contemporary pop culture. Among the high profile celebrities are Madonna, Will Smith, Tom Cruise and many others. The Graham Norton Show’s been extremely successful, and its charismatic host won 5 BAFTA TV Awards for Best Entertainment Performance. Who…

Gender Roles Mediation has been portraying negative stereotypes about gender since it was created. People may not always notice that the media of TV shows are influencing them, but they are. No one can escape being influenced by media. This has happened to me. I have watched The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother and loved it; however, I never noticed the many gender stereotypes that it has portrayed. Until I read an article explaining the stereotypical roles assigned. People believe…

Pre-Raphaelite painters. Her mother was also a nurse and had written a book about the profession. From the time she was born to 1895, Virginia spent her summers at the Stephen’s Talland House in England, which to this day is still standing. The looks of the dramatic Porthminister Bay had a view of the Godrevy Lighthouse that inspired her to write. Her mother passed away in 1895, followed by her sister two years later. These events left her in a state of shock. She called it “the greatest…

As individuals we have an utter compulsion to better ourselves, and the instinctual belief of a better tomorrow. In the short story “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, protagonist Sylvia and friends are introduced to a new way of living and naïvely forced to perceive the world in a whole new aspect, therefore stripped of what they once knew. Entering this unfamiliar world, they are exposed to what they could only dream of, delighted by their surroundings, Sylvia and her posse could not help but…

to the fact that he wanted to take her virginity himself (Goswami, et al., n.d.). This infatuation most likely caused a sense of resentment towards Tammy in Karla. Together they attempted to rape Tammy on two different occasions due to the fact that the drug wore off too quickly the first time they attempted (Laugh, 2013). Karla attempted to please Paul even further by inviting a friend of hers to have a girls night out in order to give Paul a plaything to do with what he wished for the night…

organization, focused on theoretical and scientific research, that worked in conjunction with the organization that was already in place (OSTI, 2016). Manhattan Engineer District After the decision was made to move forward to the production phase, the Army became directly involved. Specifically, the then S-1 program was placed within the Corp of Engineers to provide heightened security and production resources (AJ, 2015). In some ways there were different priorities between the military and the…

Every night after our dinner my family and I would sit down and watch The Big Bang Theory on television. Those thirty minute airings had my whole living room roaring. We loved how awkward Sheldon was and how Leonard was always chasing pretty Penny. It was not until recently that I have noticed how misogyny is portrayed throughout the show. As I watch the episodes back I still laugh: however, I cannot help but to realize how the women, in particular Penny and Amy, are characterized throughout…

school Leslie Burke. While Jess comes from a family of low income and Leslie family is of high income that does not interfere in their friendship. Together the two make up a world of their own without any problems, a world in which they can disappear to. They name it Terabithia. The difference in income never becomes a problem even when it is Christmas time and they decide to get each other gifts. The topic of money develops into a theme, and what young readers get from this text is money should…